re-move

The piece re-move is clearly influenced by the actual pandemic situation and its consequences. It is a report about the subject through Cie. Kinoun’s eyes.

This struggling time brought us to reflect about human needs such as freedom and physical contact. It brought us to reflect about imposted changes due to exterior events which can’t be controlled but only accepted with a spirit of adaptation: how we are facing ourselves and the society’s system while we are dealing with restrictions and many new regulations? „re-move“ relates to the word „remove“, meaning to take off, clean away, letting go of what is not needed anymore and then being able to move again, to go on, transformed, as new.

The performance is structured in three parts, two duets and a solo.

„Exodus“ is the first duett and it refers to the possibility of being able to move again freely after a time of strong physical restriction and isolation.
"May I have your attention, please?“ is the second duet in which a man, representing the system, and a woman, representing society, deal with privacy, manipulation and personal freedom. "Before the beginning“ is the ending part, a solo in which a man has to face an important decision concerning his private items: he needs to "remove”, to clean away, what is not necessary anymore. What should he keep? Or let go?

Concept, choreography: Jannis Polyzos
Performers: Kostis Spirou, Raffaella Galdi and Jannis Polyzos

Voice: Derrick Amanatidis
Lights and set design, costume and music: Cie. Kinoun Photos: Sebastián Dias

Produced by Cie. Kinoun/Jannis Polyzos, Raffaella Galdi and Kostis Spirou
Supported by Spa Holms Berlin, Hausprojekt Lehrterstraße 11 Berlin, Acker Stadt Palast Berlin
Special thanks to: Derrick Amanatidis, Oleg Lazo, Michele Meloni, Susanne Bischof, Angela Fenyvesi

Jannis Polyzos (Athens - Greece 1980) is based in Berlin.

He is choreographer, dancer and actor. Graduated at the Mary Tragka theatre school in Athens, he initially developed his career as an actor before transitioning into dance, specialising himself in contemporary dance and improvisation. He also owns a background into martial arts (Taekwon-do, Wing Chun). Jannis worked with Greek and foreign directors (G. Morzos, V. Mirianthopoulos, K. Ruggeri, V. Doukas, F. Zeffirelli) and choreographers (F. Nikolaou, L. Zafeiropoulou, Ch. Liadziviri, R.Bara, A. Collins, F. Mazzuchelli, D. Kokkinos). He created the pieces „DELUX“, „ NOT YET“, „A TAVOLA“, „FROM ME TO YOU TO ME“ and at 2018 he grounded the company cie Kinoun that they created the pieces „GENESIS“ „THE EMPTY ROOM“ and „Re-Move“.

Always in a continuous process of development and maturition, he teaches his methology „Personal Narration“ to his company and in open classes in Berlin.

Raffaella Galdi (Italy, 1973) is based in Berlin.

She is a teacher, a choreographer, an artist and previously a dancer. Founder and artistic director of InCorpo, a company, a receptive ground in which contemporary dance operates in relationship to other art-forms. Her main source of inspiration is the body, the physical experience and expression. In her choreographical work dance functions as a base and bridges to sound, text-words and plastic-visual art.

Always true to an ongoing process of maturation, Raffaella developed a dance pedagogic approach, a specific method to work with the body, exploring movement and generating dance material. She is teaching and choreographing as a free lancer and as well for treaters and dance companies, for professionals and students. She is regularly giving lesson at InCorpo group and at the Danceworks School in Berlin, where she is responsible for the TAB education in contemporary dance.

As a dancer Raffaella has performed and participated in the creation of new performance works with numerous choreographers including LaborGras, Christoph Winkler, Ingo Reulecke. She was member of the Belgian Companie Thor (1997-1999), the Dutch Het Spui Theater company (2000), the Berlin- based company Cie. Toula Limnaios (2002-2003) and the Luxembourg company Unit Control (2003- 2005).

Training in classical, modern and contemporary dance, she attended the Rotterdamse Dansacademie in Rotterdam, Holland (1995-97), where she received her diploma in modern dance, the Ecole de Danse Rosella Hightower, in Cannes, France (1994-95) and Fine Art high school in Genoa, Italy (1987-91), where she received her diploma in visual art - fine arts.

Kostis Spirou (Athens-Greece 1989) is dancer. Based in Berlin, he studied ballet, contemporary and improvisational dance at the Aktina dance school in Athens. He is now working as a freelancer dancer through Europe. Kostis is also actively teaching contemporary dance and improvisation in Berlin. He is working with Cie. Kinoun since 2018.